book review

a critical description, evaluation, or analysis of a book, especially one published in a newspaper or magazine.

a section or page of a newspaper or magazine devoted to such material.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1860–65

book reviewer, nounbook reviewing, noun

All things being relative, the Times is still a book-review bonanza.
Four Overlooked Books of 2009|Taylor Antrim|May 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The comparison of a review to a portrait fixes attention on one essential quality of a book-review.
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
It is a result, I believe, of a wrong conception of what a book-review should be.
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
There was a book-review in it a few days ago that I—I liked very much.'
When a Man's Single|J. M. Barrie

Whether that it so or not, the book-review is not, as a rule, the place for abstract argument.
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
He had sold only one book-review, and he was using Corydon's money again.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair